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   elated
         adj 1: exultantly proud and joyful; in high spirits; "the elated
                  winner"; "felt elated and excited" [ant: {dejected}]
         2: full of high-spirited delight; "a joyful heart" [syn:
            {elated}, {gleeful}, {joyful}, {jubilant}]

English Dictionary: elated by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Elodea densa
n
  1. aquatic plant with deep green foliage useful to oxygenate an aquarium; sometimes placed in genus Egeria
    Synonym(s): dense- leaved elodea, Elodea densa, Egeria densa
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Elaidate \E*la"i*date\, n. (Chem.)
      A salt of elaidic acid.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Elate \E*late"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Elated}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Elating}.]
      1. To raise; to exalt. [R.]
  
                     By the potent sun elated high.            --Thomson.
  
      2. To exalt the spirit of; to fill with confidence or
            exultation; to elevate or flush with success; to puff up;
            to make proud.
  
                     Foolishly elated by spiritual pride.   --Warburton.
  
                     You ought not be elated at the chance mishaps of
                     your enemies.                                    --Jowett
                                                                              (Thucyd. ).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Elatedly \E*lat"ed*ly\, adv.
      With elation.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Elatedness \E*lat"ed*ness\, n.
      The state of being elated.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Elide \E*lide"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Elided}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Eliding}.] [L. elidere to strike out or off; e + laedere to
      hurt by striking: cf. F. [82]lider. See {Lesion}.]
      1. To break or dash in pieces; to demolish; as, to elide the
            force of an argument. [Obs.] --Hooker.
  
      2. (Gram.) To cut off, as a vowel or a syllable, usually the
            final one; to subject to elision.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Elude \E*lude"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Eluded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Eluding}.] [L. eludere, elusum; e + ludere to play: cf. F.
      [82]luder. See {Ludicrous}.]
      To avoid slyly, by artifice, stratagem, or dexterity; to
      escape from in a covert manner; to mock by an unexpected
      escape; to baffle; as, to elude an officer; to elude
      detection, inquiry, search, comprehension; to elude the force
      of an argument or a blow.
  
               Me gentle Delia beckons from the plain, Then, hid in
               shades, eludes he eager swain.               --Pope.
  
               The transition from fetichism to polytheism seems a
               gradual process of which the stages elude close
               definition.                                             --Tylor.
  
      Syn: To evade; avoid; escape; shun; eschew; flee; mock;
               baffle; frustrate; foil.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Eulytite \Eu"ly*tite\, n. [Gr. [?] well + [?] to dissolve.]
      (Min.)
      A mineral, consisting chiefly of the silicate of bismuth,
      found at Freiberg; -- called also {culytine}.

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Eldad
      whom God has loved, one of the seventy elders whom Moses
      appointed (Num. 11:26, 27) to administer justice among the
      people. He, with Medad, prophesied in the camp instead of going
      with the rest to the tabernacle, as Moses had commanded. This
      incident was announced to Moses by Joshua, who thought their
      conduct in this respect irregular. Moses replied, "Enviest thou
      for my sake? would God that all the Lord's people were prophets"
      (Num. 11:24-30; comp. Mark 9:38; Luke 9:49).
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Elidad
      whom God has loved, son of Chislon, and chief of the tribe of
      Benjamin; one of those who were appointed to divide the Promised
      Land among the tribes (Num. 34:21).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Eldad, favored of God; love of God
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Elidad, beloved of God
  
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